Foldable rocking-chair



Julie 5, 1928. 1,672,437 I R. F. VANCE Y FOLDABLE ROCKING CHAIR Filed Aug. 14, 1926 Patented June 5, 1928.

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' "Application filed Au ust-14 mm. asefiai mo;amanzl' This invention relates to rocking chairs and particularly to foldable rocking chairs and the general object of the invention is to provide a rocking chair which maybe folded into very compact form or unfolded to pro-j the chair is unfolded and in use, the rear legs being so constructed as to secure a relatively large bearing surface between the abutments and the legs. 7

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings wherein Figure 1' is aside elevation of a rocking chair constructed in accordance with my invention; x

Fig. 2 is a likeview to Figure 1 but showing the chair folded; i

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the chair unfolded or opened; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the legs rest or abut against the abutments of the rockers; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4.. v

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that I have provided the rockers 10. These rockers have the usual form but inward of the rear ends of the rockers are provided with upwardly extending protuberant portions or abutments 11. The'upper faces of these abutments are provided with thev wear plates 12. The seat, which is designated generally 13, has a seat frame including side members 14, the forward ends of which are provided with downwa ly projecting cars 15, and between these ears with a trans versely extending bar 16. The rear ends of the side members 14 have upwardly extending lugs 17. v p

The front legs 18 have their upper ends disposed between the ends of the bar 16 and the lugs or ears 15 and the lower endsof these legs being bolted or otherwise attached to the downwardly extending metallicstraps 19 which embrace the forward ends. of the rockers and are bolted or otherwise'pivotally engaged therewith by bolts 20.

a The forward legs may be connected by the usual .round 21..., The back includes the downwardly extending side members 22 which are overlapped by the ears 17 and pivoted to these ears bytransversely extend mg pins or equivalent members 23. seat frame includes a transverse cross bar 24, through which a seat pin or pins 23 pass.v

- Attached to the lower end of each leg 22 is a pair of straps or irons 25 which extend down below the lower end of the member 22, which members constitute legs integralwith or rigidlyengaged with the back frame, and

these irons or straps 25 are bolted or-otherwise pivotally engaged, with therockers 10. at a point below the forward ends of the abutments 11. The lower end 26 of each leg The M is disposed'rearward of the pivot 27 for the leg and thus when the back of the chair extends "rearward at a slight angle to the vertical, the lower ends 26 of the legs will bear against the wear plates 12 and this will limit the rearward movement or rearward inclination of the back and rearlegs with the pivotal connection, the lower ends .so that the back cannot turn backward any of the legs would not abut solidly against I *the abutments but there would be merely a wedging action which would tend to prevent the folding up of'the chair and tend to break off or wear the lower ends of the legs.

The back frame may haveacanvas web 28 attached thereto or any other form'of back,

cushion or web may be used and while I have illustrated the seat of the chair as being formed of a metal sheet 29 attached to the frame of the seat, I do not wishv to be limited tothis as any other: form-of seat 7 bottom might be used. Of course, I do not .Wish to be limited to the exact form of'the seat frame or the back frame orthe minor I details of construction except as defined in the appended claim.

Iclaim: f A folding rocking chair of'the character described including rockers, a seat, forward legs pivotally engaged with the forward end of said seat, means pivotally engaging the its legs with the forward ends of the rockers,

said means permitting the forward legs to turn into a position of approximate alignment with the forward end portions of the 1 rockers, a back having legs rigidthroughout their entire extent and to which the rear end of the seat is pivotally connected, straps "rigidly attached to the lower end vof each rear leg and pivotally engaged with the rockers, the rockers having abutments with ments preventing the rearward turning movement of the legs onthe rockers but 1 permitting downward and forwardturning movement of the rear legs on the rockers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix-my signature.

, ROBERT F. VANCE. 

